USPTO Patents Application 09917096

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Docket No.
POM- 12402/29

Declaration and Power of Attorney For Patent Application

English Language Declaration

As a below named inventor, I hereby declare that:

My residence, post office address and citizenship are as stated below next to my name,

I believe I am the original, first and sole inventor (if only one name is listed below) or an original,

first and joint inventor (if plural names are listed below) of the subject matter which is claimed and for

which a patent is sought on the invention entitled

FABRICATION OF CUSTOMIZED, COMPOSITE, AND ALLOY- VARIANT COMPONENTS USING
CLOSED-LOOP DIRECT METAL DEPOSITION

the specification of which

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U _ is attached hereto.

N! □ was filed on as United States Application No. or PCT International

Application Number

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and was amended on

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I hereby state that I have reviewed and understand the contents of the above identified specification,
including the claims, as amended by any amendment referred to above.

I acknowledge the duty to disclose to the United States Patent and Trademark Office all information
known to me to be material to patentability as defined in Title 37, Code of Federal Regulations,
Section 1.56.

I hereby claim foreign priority benefits under Title 35, United States Code, Section 119(a)-(d) or
Section 365(b) of any foreign application(s) for patent or inventors certificate, or Section 365(a) of
any PCT International application which designated at least one country other than the United States,
listed below and have also identified below, by checking the box, any foreign application for patent or
inventor's certificate or PCT International application having a filing date before that of the application
on which priority is claimed.

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Form PTO-SB-01 (9-95) (Modified)

P02/REV02

Patent and Trademark Office-US. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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I hereby claim the benefit under 35 U.S.C. Section 119(e) of any United States provisional

application(s) listed below:

60/221,251

July 27, 2000

(Application Serial No.)

(Filing Date)

(Application Serial No.)

(Filing Date)

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(Filing Date)

I hereby claim the benefit under 35 U. S. C. Section 120 of any United States application(s), or
Section 365(c) of any PCT International application designating the United States, listed below and,
insofar as the subject matter of each of the claims of this application is not disclosed in the prior
United States or PCT International application in the manner provided by the first paragraph of 35
n U.S.C. Section 112, I acknowledge the duty to disclose to the United States Patent and Trademark
*jg Office all information known to me to be material to patentability as defined in Title 37, C. F. R.,
Section 1 .56 which became available between the filing date of the prior application and the national
M or PCT International filing date of this application:

(Application Serial No.)

(Filing Date)

(Status)

(patented, pending, abandoned)

(Application Serial No.)

(Filing Date)

(Status)

(patented, pending, abandoned)

(Application Serial No.)

(Filing Date)

(Status)

(patented, pending, abandoned)

I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true and that all
statements made on information and belief are believed to be true; and further that these statements
were made with the knowledge that willful false statements and the like so made are punishable by
fine or imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code and that such
willful false statements may jeopardize the validity of the application or any patent issued thereon.

Form PTO-SB-01 (6-95) (Modified)

Patent and Trademark Office-U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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POWER OF ATTORNEY: As a named inventor, I hereby appoint the following attorney(s) and/or
agent(s) to prosecute this application and transact all business in the Patent and Trademark Office
connected therewith, (list name and registration number)

Ernest I. Gifford (Reg. No. 20,644)
Allen M. Krass (Reg. No. 18,277)
Irvin L. Groh (Reg. No. 17,505)
Douglas W. Sprinkle (Reg. No. 27,394)
Douglas J. McEvoy (Reg. No. 34,385)
John G. Posa (Reg. 37,424)
Ellen S. Cogen (Reg. No. 38,109)
Thomas E. Anderson (Reg. No. 31,318)
Ronald W. Citkowski (Reg. No. 34,732)
Judith M. Riley (Reg. No. 30,311)
Douglas L. Wathen (Reg. No. 41,369)

Mark D. Schneider (Reg. No. 43,906)
Avery N. Goldstein (Reg. No. 39,204)
Roberta J. Morris (Reg. No. 33,196)

Send Correspondence to: John G - Posa

Gifford, Krass, Groh et al

280 N. Old Woodward Ave., Suite 400

Birmingham, MI 48009

Direct Telephone Calls to: (name and telephone number)

John G. Posa 734/913-9300

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£ ™

Full name of sole or first inventor

Jyoti Mazumder

Sole or first inventor's signature

Date

Residence

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Citizenship

US

Post Office Address

5074 Birkdale

Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105

Full name of second inventor, if any

Dwight Morgan

Second inventor's signature

Date

Residence

Plymouth, Michigan

Citizenship

US

Post Office Address

44696 Helm St.

Plymouth, Michigan 48170

Form PTO-SB-01 (6-95) (Modified)

Patent and Trademark Office-US. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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Full name of third inventor, if any

Timothy W. Skszek

Third inventor's signature

Date

Residence

Saline, Michigan

Citizenship

US

Post Office Address

5473 Countryside Dr.

Saline, Michigan 48176

Full name of fourth inventor, if any

Fourth inventor's signature

Date

Residence

Citizenship

Full name of fifth inventor, if any

Fifth inventor's signature

Residence
Citizenship

Date

Full name of sixth inventor, if any

Sixth inventor's signature

Residence

Citizenship

Post Office Address

Date

Form PTO-SB-01 (6-95) (Modified)

Patent and Trademark Office-U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE